
Precision High Alitude Sonobuoy Emplacement (PHASE)Award last edited on: 11/1/2018
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : NavyTotal Award Amount
$898,360Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
N08-023Principal Investigator
David HammondCompany Information
Phase I
Contract Number: N68335-08-C-0259Start Date: 4/25/2008 Completed: 10/14/2009
Phase I year
2008Phase I Amount
$148,540Benefit:
By allowing a US Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to conduct ASW missions from high altitudes the airframe will experience less stress and fatigue extending aircraft operational life and improving safety. The MPA will be able to fly more efficiently at high altitudes increasing mission range and on station time. Perhaps most importantly, it will also decrease the risk of hostile fire to the crew and aircraft from surface or subsurface platforms.
Keywords:
sonobuoy trajectory modeling, sonobuoy trajectory modeling, parachute guidance, Sonobuoy, High Altitude
Phase II
Contract Number: N68335-10-C-0266Start Date: 4/5/2010 Completed: 4/5/2012
Phase II year
2010Phase II Amount
$749,820Benefit:
The trend in both air ASW operations is to conduct missions from a high altitude both to conserve the airframe and reduce crew exposure to threat. Sonobuoys deployed from high altitudes have splash location uncertainties large enough to make sonobuoy field deployment ineffective. This effort will extend the capability of existing ASW sensors such that they can be successfully utilized from high altitudes. Technology developed in this SBIR could be leveraged to assist the Coast Guard or other law enforcement agencies in large search and rescue (SAR) operations where low altitude deployment of SAR equipment is undesirable. Also, sensors to monitor marine mammals or icebergs could be deployed more accurately from a higher altitude.
Keywords:
high altitude ASW, Sonobuoy, P-8, Parachute